“Osteopathy is a system of diagnosis and treatment for a wide range of medical conditions. It works with the structure and function of the body and is based on the principle that the well-being of an individual depends on the skeleton, muscles, ligaments and connective tissues functioning smoothly together.
To an osteopath, for your body to work well, its structure must also work well. So osteopaths work to restore your body to a state of balance, where possible without the use of drugs or surgery.
Osteopaths use touch, physical manipulation, stretching and massage to increase the mobility of joints, to relieve muscle tension, to enhance the blood and nerve supply to tissues, and to help your body’s own healing mechanisms.
They may also provide advice on posture and exercise to aid recovery, promote health and prevent symptoms recurring.”
What osteopaths do:
- Pain management
- Improve blood circulation
- Improve breathing function and quality
- Improve the body’s biomechanics (balance, strength, mobility)
- Provide specific and effective lifestyle changes
- Improve posture
- Provide a rehabilitation programme for your individual needs
- Medical acupuncture (providing pain relief and improving blood circulation)
- Health check
Medical Acupuncture
Medical Acupuncture is a treatment technique whereby a sterile, single-use, fine filament needle (acupuncture needle) is inserted into the muscle to assist with decreasing pain and improving function through the release of myofascial trigger points (knots in the muscle).
It assists with decreasing local muscular pain and improving function through the restoration of a muscle’s ability to lengthen and shorten normally, by releasing myofascial trigger points.
When a fine filament needle is inserted into the centre of a myofascial trigger point, blood pools around the needle triggering the contracted muscle fibres to relax by providing those fibres with fresh oxygen and nutrients, as well as by flushing away any additional acidic chemicals. This, in turn, leads to the decompression of the local blood and nerve supply.
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